Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy chicken tacos. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy chicken tacos is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Easy chicken tacos is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have easy chicken tacos using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy chicken tacos:
- Make ready 3 lbs chicken breast
- Make ready 1/2 large yellow onion
- Take 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- Get 1/2 cup diced sweet peppers or bell peppers
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Take 2 tsp black pepper
- Get 1 tsp crushed chili pepper flakes
- Get 2 cups chopped lettuce
- Get 1 cup chopped purple onion
- Make ready 1/2 cup cilantro
- Take 2 limes
- Make ready 1 & 1/2 cup shredded cheese
- Prepare Flour or corn tortillas
- Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Take 1/3 cup light chili powder
- Make ready 1-2 tablespoons paprika
What cut of chicken do you recommend for the best chicken tacos? For the juiciest chicken tacos that you can make easily and quickly at home, I highly recommend using chicken thighs. They have a good white meat to dark meat ratio, which makes them a little fattier than chicken breasts and way more moist and juicy. Chicken breast is simmered in a lemon-lime marinade, then served with taco fixin's so that everyone can make their own soft taco.
Instructions to make Easy chicken tacos:
- Cut thawed chicken breast against the grain, then chop into small bite sized pieces. Dice purple and yellow onion. Dice sweet peppers. Cut up cilantro. What you see below is what I set aside for toppings.
- In your favorite nonstick 12 inch pan, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add chopped up chicken, yellow onion, 1/2 of the cilantro, salt, black pepper, chili flakes, 2 tablespoons cumin, 1/4 cup light chili powder, garlic, 1 tablespoon of paprika.
- On medium heat cook all ingredients in step 2 until it looks like the picture below
- Make your tacos however you like them!
- Chop about 2 cups of iceburg lettuce. Squeeze 1 lime and sprinkle with salt. This adds zest to your lettuce!
This recipe is quick and easy - good for those nights you don't have a lot of time to prepare dinner. These easy chicken tacos are so darn simple and SO GOOD! You can either cook up some marinated chicken or use leftovers with this healthy budget chicken dinner. Use grilled chicken or shredded from the Instant Pot or Slow Cooker/Crockpot! Add tomato sauce mixture and bring to a boil.
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